Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a civil rights group for calling COVID-19 the “China virus.” The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York by the Chinese Americans Civil Rights Coalition (CACRC), alleged that Trump’s use of that phrase and other similar …
Read More »Biden revokes Trump order for building “National Garden of American Heroes”
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order revoking several measures issued by former President Donald Trump, including one to establish a “National Garden of American Heroes” that called for erecting statues of hundreds of prominent Americans though some of them are controversial over their …
Read More »Trump launches online communication platform after social media ban
Donald Trump has launched a new “communications” website, which says it will publish content “straight from the desk” of the former US president Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has launched an online platform aimed at directly communicating with his supporters, months after his various social media accounts …
Read More »UN chief welcomes revocation of U.S. sanctions against ICC officials
Under Donald Trump, the United States imposed sanctions on the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, after she launched a war crimes investigation targeting US military personnel in Afghanistan United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the revocation by the United States of former President Donald Trump’s executive …
Read More »U.S. lifts Trump-imposed sanctions against ICC prosecutor
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States on Friday lifted sanctions against senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that were imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that President Joe Biden had revoked an executive order against …
Read More »World Insights: Will Trump run for U.S. president in 2024?
Washington ,USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Former U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend hinted at a possible 2024 White House run. But with four years until the elections, it remains unclear whether that will occur. In his first major speech since he left the White House in January, Trump on …
Read More »Biden revokes Trump-era visa ban affecting many green card applicants
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked an executive action by his predecessor banning legal immigration for family members of U.S. citizens and residents, and diversity visa lottery recipients. Biden said in a statement that former President Donald Trump’s order blocking green card applicants and temporary …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court clears way for prosecutors to access Trump’s financial records
Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against former President Donald Trump’s effort to shield his financial records from prosecutors in New York, clearing the way for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to get them. The decision, which marked the second time the nation’s highest court intervened …
Read More »Biden tells Europe “America is back”
Berlin, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States is returning to the transatlantic partnership and will address global challenges like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m sending a clear message to the world: America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back. …
Read More »Complicated future for Trump, GOP after impeachment
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump and the Grand Old Party (GOP) are at a crossroads after he was acquitted in his second impeachment. The impeachment came as a result of the Jan. 6 riot in which dozens of Trump supporters entered the U.S. Capitol Building, threatened …
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